If Congressional Democrats make good on a promise to cut interest rates on college student loans, Oregon students could benefit more than nearly any other state in the country.
A study released Thursday by the Public Interest Research Group, OSPIRG, found that college-bound Oregonians would save more than $4700 in loan payments. Rob Manning has more.
Democrats [...]
DeVry University has appointed Craig Jacob as president of the school’s Phoenix Metro, which includes DeVry’s main Phoenix campus and center locations in Northeast Phoenix and Mesa. Jacob previously held senior-level administrative positions with the University of Phoenix’s Grand Rapids, Mich. and Phoenix campuses. Jacob assumes a role previously held by James Dugan, who has [...]
Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., joined by 31 Attorneys General, urged the U.S. Senate to enact The Student Loan Sunshine Act, a new federal law to safeguard students and families nationwide from deceptive practices in the college loan industry.
The House of Representatives recently passed this legislation in a virtually unanimous vote of 414-3.
In a [...]
Lawmakers from all corners of Oregon are backing a new approach to college financial aid as the elixir to the state’s college-affordability woes.
But the plan is running into an affordability gap of its own, after fiscal analysts found that the costs could be 30 percent higher than originally thought.
On Friday, the House Education Committee unanimously [...]
By unanimous vote, Oregon’s Senate has passed a bill making it easier for low- and middle-income students to pay for college.
SalemUnder the shared-responsibility model, students would have to work part time and seek the maximum federal Pell Grant funding. Parents would also be required to pitch in within their financial limits.
If that still doesn’t cover [...]
Rotary Club members of District 6600 are seeking four professionals to visit India in January 2008 as part of the Group Study program of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
Through the program, teams of young professionals from two different countries exchange all practices of another country, while sharing information about their homeland.
The purpose of the [...]
The Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber (Hispanic Chamber) will announce the establishment of the Oregon Latino Scholarship Fund on Tuesday, January 30 at 10:00 a.m. in the Meadowlark Room, 3rd Floor of the Portland Marriott Waterfront hotel. A result of support from The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) and the Meyer Memorial Trust, this endowment fund will provide [...]
Auburn University capped off an 11 win season with one final, and very rewarding victory, the “Pontiac Game Changing Performance of the Yearâ€. Thanks to their special team play against the National Champion University of Florida during week 7 of the NCAA football season , and their strong online voting support by their fans, students [...]
On the heels of a record 146 million online test transactions in 2005, Vantage Learning (www.VantageLearning.com), the world’s leading provider of online assessment tools, today announced that transaction volume grew to 193 million test transactions for 2006–63 percent above last year’s volume.
“Vantage Learning continues to be first in quality, reliability, and accuracy of assessment services,” [...]
First-year agricultural students at two-year colleges are invited to apply for 50 $750 scholarships from the CHS Foundation, which recently expanded its Two-Year College Scholarship Program to provide greater financial assistance to more students. The CHS Foundation is the major giving entity of CHS Inc., a leading energy and grain- based foods company with a [...]